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)flZnessa 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIGOURNEY WALES, OF WATERBURY, CON N EGTIOUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN EASSIGNMENT, TO HARRIOT H. \VALES, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR SUSPENDER-ENDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,742, dated July- 5,1881.

7 Application filed August 25, 1880. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIGOURNEY WALEs, ofWaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Oonnecticut,'haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for FasteningSuspender- Ends to- Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The object is to provide for more conveniently fastening suspender orbutton-hole ends to buckles, slides, or to loop or hook plat'es formingparts of buckles without sewing, eyeleting, or other means, and so thatthey may be readily detached, when desirable, for attaching new ones.

My invention consists in a plate or frame for a buckle, or provided withmeans for attachment to a buckle, having in it two slots placed end toend and extending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, andtwo other slots placed end to end under the firstmentioned slots andextending upwardly and outwardlyin opposite directions. A suspender orbutton-hole end is then adapted to be secured to the plate or frame byinserting its two ends through the upper or first-mentioned slots fromthe back, allowing said ends to pass down over the front of the plate orframe and through the lower slots from the front. In order to enable thesaid end to be more conveniently looped around that portion of the plateor frame between the two downwardly and outwardly extending slots, saidslots are preferably curved downwardly and outwardly from their adjacentends.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of abuckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a front view thereofwith the suspender or buttonhole end attached. Fig. 3 represents a backview thereof with the suspender or buttonhole end attached. Fig. 4represents my peculiar arrangement of securing-slots as ap plied to aloop-plate. Fig. 5 represents similar slots as applied to a hook-plate,and Fig. 6 represents a buckle of slightly-modified form.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A represents the plate or frame ofa buckle, and B the tongue or clamp, attached thereto in an ordinarymanner, the buckle being adapted for use as a suspender-buckle. Belowthe tongue the buckle is provided with or has formed in it, preferablyby cutting or stamping, two slots, to, which are placed end to end I atabout the middle of the length of the buckle, and extend from theiradjacent ends downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions. The strapforming the suspender or buttonhole end 0 mayhave its ends insertedthrough the slots to from the back of ,the buckle, and then pass downover the front of the buckle, diverging as they extend downward. Theinclination of the slots at relatively to a horizontal line takes up thesurplus material as thesuspender-end is passed through them, preventingany doubling or folding of the material, and this result maybe'stillfurther attained by making the slots a curved downwardly and outwardly,as clearly shown. This construction of the slots causes the ends todiverge properly from each other as they pass over the face of the plateor frame, it being clearly shown in Fig. 2, where the inner sides oredges of the end are curved at b and the outer sides are curved at 1).

It will be observed that in all the figures of the drawings the plate orframe, in which are two pairs of slots, is either made part of thebuckle, or is provided with means for attachment to a buckle. I form inthe plate or frame A, below the slots at, other slots, 0, which are alsoplaced end to end, and which ex tend from their adjacent ends upwardlyand outwardly. The suspender or button-hole end 0, after its insertionthrough the slots at. from the back, is inserted through the slots 0from the front, and thus securely held in place. Below the slots a, andin this example. of my invention be tween the upper and lower slots, Icut away the metal so as to form a bar, (Land over this bar may beconveniently looped a smaller end or strap, 1), as shown in Fig. 4,fOIsustaining the drawers. The strap or end 1) passes beneath the end 0,and it may be conveniently adjusted along the bar 01 to regulate itslength properly. If desirable, the bar d might be employed alone, theslots a being omitted.

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In Fig. 4 I have shown a plate having a loop, E, adapted to engage witha hook upon an ordinary buckle, and constructed with slots to c and bar01, in all respects similar to those in the frame or plate A of thebuckle just described.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a plate having a hook, F, adapted to engage witha loop upon an ordinary buckle, but in all other respects similar to theplate shown in Fig. 4.

The buckle represented in Fig. 6 is composed of a frame, A, and tongueB, like the buckle shown in Fig. 1, the frame being constructed withslots a sand bar d, exactly simi- I lar in form and arrangement to theslots and bar shown in Fig. 1, except the slots (0, instead ofbeingcurved, as in Fig. 1, are straight, like the lower slots, 0.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide for the attachment ofsuspender or button-hole ends to suspender-buckles without sewing,eyeleting, or any operation other than simply passing them through theslots prepared for their reception, and that the material of thesuspender or button-hole ends is not weakened, as when attached in someother Such mode of attachment also affords convenience for adjusting thesuspenderor button-hole end longitudinally when desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plate or frame for a buckle, or provided with means for attachmentto a buckle, having in it two slots placed end to end and ex? tendingdownwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, aud two other slotsplaced end to end under the first-mentioned slots and extending upwardlyand outwardly in opposite directions, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

2. A plate or frame for a buckle, or provided with means for attachmentto a buckle, having in it two slots placed end to end and curveddownwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, and two other slotsplaced end to end under the slots first mentioned and extending upwardlyand outwardly in opposite directions, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

SIGOURNEY WALES.

Witnesses R. J. Asnwoon, HENRY S. CHASE.

